The Late Shift

Name: The Late Shift
Director: Betty Thomas
Released: 1996
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: John Michael Higgins, Daniel Roebuck, Kathy Bates, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr.

1996 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 3,907 VOTES · DIR. Betty Thomas

Overview

David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."

Dialogue Timeline — 1,925 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:28 Geez, how lateis fotoma open?

00:04:51 And, you know, we can knock it out

00:07:53 Not another goddamn motorcycle, I don't have the time.

00:11:34 Hey, I saw that show the otherday with Sandra bernhard

00:14:48 I can move jayto CBS within a month.

00:18:20 There we go.

00:22:19 soon to begin his30th year at nbc

00:26:32 Yes, sparky!

00:30:14 And, I'm sure that jaywill do a fine job.

00:33:54 I'm only really happythat one hour a day

00:37:36 having a meetingwith the...

00:41:39 to say somethingnice about Johnny?

00:45:27 Rod.

00:49:15 Warren

00:52:00 And the ratingshave been solid

00:56:15 the same weekwe've got him.

00:59:02 I don't do that already, we have bookers for that.

01:02:17 You guys woulddo that to me?

01:06:11 But now, Helen, youalmost cost me this job.

01:10:33 That's no penalty, that's capital punishment.

01:14:30 are in competitionwith one another.

01:18:22 Goodnight Jack, thanksvery much for dropping by.

01:22:06 What's that, what's maybe?

01:25:44 What do you think?

Cast & Characters

John Michael Higgins David Letterman Daniel Roebuck Jay Leno Kathy Bates Helen Kushnick Bob Balaban Warren Littlefield Ed Begley Jr. Rod Perth Peter Jurasik Howard Stringer Reni Santoni John Agoglia John Kapelos Robert Morton Steven Gilborn Peter Lassally John Getz Brandon Tartikoff

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,925

Dialogue density20.3 lines / min

First line00:00:28

Final line01:25:44

Production Record

DirectorBetty Thomas

LanguageEnglish

Budget$6,000,000

IMDb votes3,907